The North Greenville Crusaders got off to a hot start early going up 2 sets to none. However, the King University Tornado would storm back, winning three straight sets to knock off NGU 3-2. With the loss the Crusader 2018 season comes to a close, finishing 18-12 overall.

Set 1

Both teams started off strong trading leads early in the set. Annie Beisecker would then go on a 4 point serving streak to give the Crusaders a lead that they would not relinquish as they won set one 25-16.

Set 2

In set two King would be the one to get off to a hot start before NGU would fight back to tie it. From there both teams would trade the lead until the crusaders broke an 11-11 tie on two kills and an attack error by King. North Greenville wouldn’t look back as they cruised to a second set win 25-19.

Set 3

King once again started off hot in set three, going up 6-2 early before the Crusaders scrapped their way back to tie it at 6 all. The teams would trade points until King would build a lead on two kills and an attack error. The Tornado would go on from there to take set three 25-21.

Set 4

King would put up a dominant effort in set four, going up as much as 10 points on NGU. King would go on a 6-2 run late to put set four out of reach for the Crusaders and going on to win the set 25-16.

Set 5

In set 5 it would be the Crusaders who would come out swinging building up a quick 5-1 lead over the Tornado. King would then go on an 8-point run giving them a 9-5 lead and the eventual set and match win 15-12 and 3 sets 2.

Individual

Emma Pepper posted put up a strong performance leading the team with 14 kills on 27 total attacks.

Eaden Shockley put up strong numbers coming off the bench coming up with 22 assists and 14 digs.